Mike Huckabee's political career

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks at the Point of Grace Church for the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition 2015 Spring Kick Off on April 25, 2015, in Waukee. The Republican is expected to announce May 5 he is running for president.

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Huckabee was born in the same Arkansas town as former President Bill Clinton. He is an ordained Baptist minister.

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Huckabee, here at a the Iowa Ag Summit in March 2015, served two terms as governor.

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Huckabee, center, visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem on February 1, 2010.

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In 2008, he debuted a weekend show for Fox News titled "Huckabee." He ended the program in early 2015.

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks during the NRA-ILA Leadership Forum in Nashville, Tennessee, in April 2015.

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Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee delivers remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park on February 10, 2012.

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Huckabee is surrounded by supporters and members of the news media after talking about his new book, 'A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion that We Don't!),' at the National Press Club on February 24, 2011, in Washington, D.C.

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Former Gov. Mike Huckabee signs a copy of his new book, 'A Simple Government: Twelve Things We Really Need from Washington (and a Trillion that We Don't!),' at the National Press Club on February 24, 2011.

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Huckabee attends a corner stone dedication ceremony for a new Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem on January 31, 2011.

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Mike Huckabee speaks to guests at the Iowa Freedom Summit on January 24, 2015, in Des Moines, Iowa.

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The politician plays bass guitar with his band Capitol Offense. T

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The band has opened for Willie Nelson and the Charlie Daniels Band and has played for two presidential inauguration balls.

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Huckabee (second from right), students and others attend the May 14, 2010, NAMM Foundation Wanna Play Fund event at Fox News studios in New York. The initiative, in conjunction with the VH1 Save the Music Foundation, includes instrument donations.

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Huckabee visits the West Bank settlement of Beit El, near Ramallah, on August 18, 2009. He issued controversial statements in support of Israeli settlements.

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Hillary Clinton isn't the only 2008 presidential candidate who is planning to run again for 2016. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is expected to announce his presidential bid on Tuesday, May 5. Here's a look back at some moments from his political career.